this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2024
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Fire Memes for Traitor Haters

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Where we meme (joking in tone and detail, serious in sentiment) about General Sherman, the Civil War, and how the secesh traitors had it coming.

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Fuck the daughters of the confederacy.

I knew I'd heard of them at some point but never bothered to find out who they were. Here's a snippet from a PBS describing them:

"This organization, originally comprising female relatives of Civil War soldiers who fought for The South, was instrumental in propagandizing the war and reframing its origins by coining phrases such as “The War of Northern aggression.”